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CIVIO and the AP US Government and Politics Exam

Note: AP and Advanced Placement are trademarks of the College Entrance Examination Board which does not endorse nor was involved in the development of this article or the CIVIO game. CIVIO is a registered trademark of Reach and Teach.

In designing CIVIO, a civil rights game, inventor Derrick Kikuchi was inspired by the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties chapter in The Princeton Review's Cracking the AP US Government and Politics Exam. The game (not too surprisingly) acts as a good review for many key concepts and facts tested in the exam.

Of material discussed in Cracking, CIVIO along with its associated resource materials develops understanding of the following...

CIVIO - A civil rights game

CIVIO is a strategy card game that explores the relationship of issues, freedoms, laws, and Supreme Court cases that have both strengthened and reduced civil rights and civil liberties. The beautifully illustrated cards also make a useful review tool for landmark Supreme Court decisions.Learn more...

KEY CONCEPTS: First amendment rights and restrictions, Protection from Self-Incrimination, Protection from unreasonable search and seizure, Rights to an Attorney and Speedy Trial, Protection from Excessive Bail and "Cruel and Unusual Punishment", Right to Privacy